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Numbers 2:14

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Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

KJV

Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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This verse in Numbers 2

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].

This site's exposition

Then the tribe of Gad

on Numbers 2:14-16

Gad's prince is Eliasaph the son of Reuel here and Eliasaph the son of Deuel at Numbers 1:14. Barnes takes the difference for an error of transcription, since resh and daleth are near neighbours in the Hebrew script, while others read the two forms as a genuine variant of one name, and the text carries both spellings without comment. Gad's 45,650 is the only tribal figure in the census that does not end in a round hundred, and it is the reason the grand total at verse 32 ends in fifty. The south camp comes to 151,450 and moves second.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then the tribe of Gad,.... Who was placed on the other side of Reuben's standard, and according to the former direction he must be before, and Simeon behind; and Gad being the eldest son of Leah's handmaid Zilpah, is fitly placed under Leah's firstborn, and being the son of an handmaid, could not object to his situation: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel: who is called Deuel, Num 1:

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְמַטֵּ֖הand [the] tribe of

    vematehH4294 →252 times

  • גָּ֑דGad

    gadH1410 →72 times

  • וְנָשִׂיא֙and [the] leader

    venasi'H5387 →134 times

  • לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of

    livneiH1121 →4930 times

  • גָ֔דGad

    gadH1410 →72 times

  • אֶלְיָסָ֖ף[was] Eliasaph

    ʾelyasafH460 →6 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • רְעוּאֵֽל׃Reuel

    reuelH7467 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The walk

3 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 7:42

    On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 1:14

      from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:14

    from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:42

      On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 10:20

      and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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